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  | | Wishes, Lies, and Dreams(Reprint) Teaching Children to Write Poetry by Kenneth Koch, Ron Padgett Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1999 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-095509-0, ISBN: 0-06-095509-0 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub the Date: October 1999 Pages: 336 in Publisher by: Harper Perennial of The classic. Inspiring account of a poet's experience teaching school children to write poetry When Kenneth Koch entered the Manhattan classrooms of PS 61. The children. Excited by the opportunity to work with an instructor able to inspire their talent and energy. would clap and shout with pleasure. In this vivid account. Koch describe ..." |
 | | Making Your Own Days(1st Edition) The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry by Kenneth Koch Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1999 by Touchstone Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-684-82438-3, ISBN: 0-684-82438-8 "Ordinary mortals and poet scholars alike will find something to love in Koch's down-to-earth approach to making sense of that most head scratching of literary genres. Asserting that "poetry ... is a separate language," he steers clear of the stodgy, hidden-meaning school of deciphering poems (wherein the reader digs through the poem "for some elusive and momentous significance") and takes us instead on a tour through the tonal, rh ..." |
 | | Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?(Reprint) Teaching Great Poetry to Children by Kenneth Koch Paperback, 346 Pages, Published 1990 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-679-72471-1, ISBN: 0-679-72471-0 "First published to enormous acclaim in 1973, this book became a classic that revolutionized the way children are taught to read and write poetry. The celebrated poet Kenneth Koch conveys the imaginative splendor of great poetry--by Blake, Donne, Stevens, Lorca, and others--and then shows how it maybe taught so as to help children write poetry of their own. For this edition, the author has written a new introduction and a special afterwo ..." |
 | | I never Told Anybody(Reprint) Teaching Poetry Writing to Old People by Kenneth Koch Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1997 by Teachers & Writers Collaborative ISBN-13: 978-0-915924-53-0, ISBN: 0-915924-53-6 "This classic guide by the trail-blazer of teaching poetry offers ideas and techniques that are useful at all age levels, as well as wonderful poems by his students. ..".[Koch] has taken his thoughtful, giving, resourceful, and patient spirit to quite elderly and often infirm men and women, in obvious hopes of finding among them a similar responsiveness of mind and heart. If anything, the result is a more poignant and dramatic victory." ..." |
 | | Sun Out(1st Edition) Selected Poems 1952-1954 by Kenneth Koch Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2002 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-375-41491-6, ISBN: 0-375-41491-6 "Mr. Koch’s poems have a natural voice, they are quick, alert, instinctive . . . He has vivacity and go, originality of perception and intoxication with life. Most important of all, he is not dull.” --Frank O’Hara, Poetry, 1955Gathered together for the first time, the exciting, startling early work of one of our finest poets. Writing as a young man in the 1950s, Koch, a member of the now famed New York School along with John Ashbery, Lar ..." |
 | | Making Your Own Days The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry by Kenneth Koch Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1998 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-0-684-83992-9, ISBN: 0-684-83992-X "In Making Your Own Days, celebrated poet Kenneth Koch writes about poetry as no one has written about it before -- and as if no one had written about it before. Full of fresh and exciting insights and experiences, this book makes the somewhat mysterious subject of poetry clear for those who read it and for those who write it -- and for those who would like to read it and write it better. Koch accomplishes this revelation of poetry by pr ..." |
 | | The New York Poets(1st Edition) An Anthology by John Ashbery, Frank O'hara, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler, Mark Ford, Trevor Winkfield Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 2004 by Carcanet Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-85754-734-4, ISBN: 1-85754-734-9 "For the first time, "The New York Poets" gathers in a single volume the best work of four extraordinary poets: Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler. By the early 1950s all four were settled in Manhattan, collaborating, competing and encouraging each other's radical experiments with language and form. Much of their work reflects their participation in the creative energies of the New York art scene, 'the floods of ..." |
 | | Talking to the Sun(1st Edition) An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People by Kenneth Koch, Kate Farrell Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 1988 by Metropolitan Museum Of Art N.Y.Isbn0805001441 ISBN-13: 978-0-03-005849-3, ISBN: 0-03-005849-X "Poems from various time periods and many countries are organized by theme and illustrated with reproductions of art works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York." |
 | | Wishes, Lies and Dreams by Kenneth Koch Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1970 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-080530-2, ISBN: 0-06-080530-7 "Long considered a classic in its field, this is "perhaps the best book I have read portraying the joy and excitement young people experience when writing." |
 | | Talking to the Sun(5th Edition) An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People by Kenneth Koch, Kate Farrell Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 1985 by Henry Holt And Co. ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-0144-0, ISBN: 0-8050-0144-1 "Poems from various time periods and many countries are organized by theme and illustrated with reproductions of art works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York." |
 | | The Art of the Possible! Comics Mainly Without Pictures by Kenneth Koch, David Lehman Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 2004 by Soft Skull Press ISBN-13: 978-1-932360-18-9, ISBN: 1-932360-18-2 "The Art of the Possible: Comics Mostly without Pictures is infused with the same energetic wordplay, humor, and tenderness as the best of Koch's poems, and illustrated and lettered in his own hand, studded with visual puns and jokes, peopled with recognizable characters from the worlds of arts and letters. Recurring themes and serial comics include: the Brer Comics, starring Brer Fox and his love interest Ella; the Virgil Thompson comic ..." |
 | | Talking to the sun(2nd Edition) An illustrated anthology of poems for young people by Kenneth Koch, Editors Kate Farrell, N.Y. Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 1985 by Holt, Rinehart, And Winston ISBN-13: 978-0-87099-436-4, ISBN: 0-87099-436-0 "... 11 Song of the Flood, Navaho Indians, 12 The Approach of the Storm, Chippewa Indians, 12 House Song to the East, Navaho ... Robert Herrick, 16 The Argument of His Book, Robert Herrick, 16 To Daffodils, Robert Herrick, 17 The Locust Tree in ... 19 1 Think, James Schuyler, 20 Spring, Reed Bye, 21 ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES All the Pretty Little Horses, ... 27 Silly Song, Federico Garcia Lorca, 28 Miss Blues'es Child, Langston H ..." |
 | | Rose, where did you get that red?(1st Edition) Teaching great poetry to children by Kenneth Koch Hardcover, 360 Pages, Published 1973 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-394-48320-7, ISBN: 0-394-48320-0 "A classic that revolutionized the way children are taught to read and write poetry. The celebrated poet Kenneth Koch conveys the imaginative splendor of great poetry—by Blake, Donne, Stevens, Lorca, and others—and then shows how it maybe taught so as to help children write poetry of their own. For this edition, the author has written a new introduction and a special afterword for teachers." |
 | | Kenneth Koch(1st Edition) Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #24) by Professor Kenneth Koch, Ron Padgett Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2007 by Library Of America ISBN-13: 978-1-59853-006-3, ISBN: 1-59853-006-2 "Kenneth Koch, in the words of editor Ron Padgett, wrote poetry that became a part of “the mystery and pleasure of being alive.” A center of the New York School, he gained notoriety by mocking the stodginess and academicism of much mid-century verse.This enthralling selection encompasses the full range of Koch’s poetry, and includes such already classic works as “Fresh Air” (his devastatingly satirical assault on mid-1950s poetic conform ..." |
 | | The Gold Standard(1st Edition) A Book of Plays by Kenneth Koch Hardcover, 263 Pages, Published 1996 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-679-45082-5, ISBN: 0-679-45082-3 "Kenneth Koch's plays take what is best in opera, in Japanese Noh and Kabuki, in Renaissance and Jacobean drama, in every odd and suggestive dramatic form from the miracle plays to Jarry's Ubu Roi, and make of it something remarkable and new.Among his plays that have been staged Off- and Off-Off-Broadway, The Red Robins had a celebrated New York production, with sets by Red Grooms, Alex Katz, Jane Freilicher, Rory McEwen, and Roy Lichten ..." |
 | | Hotel Lambosa(1st Edition) (Coffee-To-Go Short-Short Story Series) by Kenneth Koch Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1993 by Coffee House Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56689-008-3, ISBN: 1-56689-008-X ""Short-shorts that are beautifully observed, refreshingly good humored, and packed with pleasing details of a colorful life in the bohemian 60's . . . Original, shapely, and richly detailed scenes from the not-too-distant past."--Kirkus Reviews¶"Passages of sumptuous language chanted for the ear."--Washington Sunday Times" |
 | | I Never Told Anybody Teaching Poetry Writing in a Nursing Home by Kenneth Koch Paperback, 259 Pages, Published 1978 by Random House Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-394-72499-7, ISBN: 0-394-72499-2 "The activist poet-teacher recounts his experiences, and describes his methods for, teaching poetry writing to elderly nursing-home residents and includes a selection of his enthusiastic students' poems" |
 | | On the Edge(1st Edition) Collected Long Poems by Professor Kenneth Koch Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2007 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-307-26284-4, ISBN: 0-307-26284-7 "On the Edge is a collection of the six longer masterpieces by one of the most beloved and accomplished poets of our time.Full of exclamation and exaggeration but also graced with dry wit and comic sophistication, these poems contain some of Kenneth Koch’s most original work. When the Sun Tries to Go On is a young man’s radical song of himself and his freshly discovered and expanding universe. Ko, or A Season on Earth is an epic inventio ..." |
 | | The Green Lake Is Awake(1st Edition) by Joseph . Ceravolo, Professor Kenneth Koch, Kenneth Koch, David Shapioe, Ron Padgett, Charles North, Larry Fagin Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 1994 by Coffee House Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56689-021-2, ISBN: 1-56689-021-7 "THE ADAPTER Tony Kushner's plays include Angels in America and A Bright Room Called Day. His work has been produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, New York Theatre Workshop, Hartford Stage Company, Berkeley Repertory ..." |
 | | A Possible World(1st Edition) by Kenneth Koch Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2002 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-375-41492-3, ISBN: 0-375-41492-4 ""For the last thirty years or more, Kenneth Koch has been writing the most exuberant poems in America. In an arena where such good spirits are rare, he has become a national treasure. In his book of personal addresses to what has mattered most in his seventy-plus years on the planet, there is a dimension of pathos and joy rare in the poetry of any era." —National Book Award (2000) finalist citation for New AddressesThe three long poems ..." |
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